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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Diseolored tea and coffee pots may be
cleaned by filling them with water in
which two or three tablespoonful of wood
ashes have been placed and letting it
boil up, then wash thoroughly with hot
soap-suds, and rinse.
One may utilize the old mating which
is no longer fresh enough to look well by
putting it under carpet. 1t can be cleaned
perfectly by washing it on both sides with
hot salt and water; hang it on a line out
doors to dry.
The stains on linen can be easily re-
moved, but the quick process will be very
apt to destroy the fabric. A slower, but
better, way is to rub the stain on both
sides with yellow soap. Mix starch and
cold water to a thick paste and rub
it well into the linen on both sides
of the stain. Spread the linen ON the
grass. If possible in the sun and wind, till
the stain disappears. If not entirely re-
moved in two or three days, rub off the
paste and renew the process. Lemon juice
added to the paste is good.
Notwithstanding great care, pianos and
especially uprights will become smeared
aud lack luster Do not attempt to use
any varnishes or furniture polishes, but
| take lukewarm water, make soap-suds, and
wash thoroughly, small space at time,
either with sponge or soft rag, quickly
rubbing dry with larger rag. piece OF
old table-cloth is the best for this purpose.
For cleaning hair brushes, add a few
drops of ammonia to dipper of water and
find this to do better than anything else.
You can turn pine or wildwood shelves,
tables, and the like, to fine walnut stain
by applying with a brush the following
preparation: Thn-sized shellac, two
quarts: dry barnt lumber, one-half pound;
dry burnt sienna. one-half pound; lamp
black. one-eiglith pound. Shake well IN
ill mixed. This is to be followed by a
| coat of shellac varnish Such a stain and
| finish give some very common home
made things quite store-like appearance.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28
DISH CI.O1A Is.

''There is nothing better for dish cloths
than old or cheap or part worn canton
flannel. 1t makes sensible dish cloth
wrings dry and wipes nicely"
Don't do it. At least stop to think of it
a moment, and you won't. Old canton
flannel that has been worn next to the body
two or three seasons is not very nice for
dish cloths, no matter how clean it is
washed. Don't you remember what Beech
er said about wrapping butter in the tails
Of old shirts, when he was an agricultural
editor, more than forty years ago? He
said he wanted at least to know whose
shirts he was eating. No, no. Get always
new towels for your dish cloths and disl
wipers. No matter how cheap and coarse
they are, get them. It's the only dainty
way. Don't let any old shirt gussets oil
drawer legs come near the dishes off which
you eat your food. Be particular about
whose drawers You are eating.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28
HOW MADE RIGS.

Handsome and ornamental rugs may be
made at home. One Of the least expensive
is the Chenille rug. Collect all your wooden
| scraps.-no matter how small or how much
| soiled-old fannels can be dyed with
bright dyes and add very much to the
beauty Of the rug. Cut ali the pieces into
| crosswise stripes about half an inch wide;
the length is Of no consequence. Thread
a needle with very strong thread doubled.
Gather the pieces through the center with
not too fine stitches. AS fast as piece is
gathered push it down close TO the knot.
Push each piece as tight as possible TO the
next one. Continue in this way until the
thread is full, then tie another thread and
proceed as before. Make in skeins about
six yards long. 1t requires about 150yards
for rug. Take it to the carpet weaver
and have it woven three quarters of yard
wide. If you have enough reds Of differ
ent shades to make forty-eight yards for
border at either end. and have the center
Shit or miss, it makes a beautiful rug.
These rugs are very handsome and being
alike on both sides, wear beautifully
The only expense is IN weaving, generally
so or 81. This work utilities pieces that
would otherwise find their way into the
rag bag. Very pretty rugs can be made
of small silk scraps, no matter how much
defaced, they will all work in. Cut in
strips about one half an inch wide aud
two inches long. Take a piece of ticking.
having the stripes about one third Of an
inch WIDE Gu it the size of the rug want
ed. Thread sewing machine with
coarse thread mum Der thirty and needle.
Place one Of the ticking stripes under
the needle then lay on the silk pieces
together, with the middle Of each piece on
the ticking stripe, and stitch down TO the
end of the stripe, then stitch back again
close to the last row of stitching; This will
make it strong. Put the ticking in place
with the next stripe under needle. Fold
back the fringe, made by the preceding
row, back out of the way, and proceed as
before. A black border and mixed center
are very rich looking. After the rug is
finished line with some heavy material 10
keen If fiat
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28
FRUIT JUICES.

Fruit juices with Just enough sugar in
them to relieve their sharp tartness, seem
much nicer than jelly with its 80 per cent.
Of sugar. One of our little girls, who has
FREQUENT billions attacks, when her stom-
ach will bear only certain kinds of food,
thinks so. Milk, mushes, eggs, prepared
in any way, she will not take, and if it
were not for fruit juices and bread, upon
which she lives during such attacks, |
should be puzzled what to prepare that
would nourish her, and yet not be refused
by her weak and over-sensitive stomach.
have Just finished canning several
quarts of ripe fruit juice against such times
of need.
| heat the berries, (raspberries or cur
rants), press and strain as | would in max
ing jelly. Bring the juice to a boil, after
adding one cup of sugar to three pints of
juice Can the same as berries. | always
drop silver spoon into my glass jars, to
make sure that the scalding liquid shall
not break them.
For convenience. always seal these
fruit juices in pint jars, and think it well
10 do SO, since a convalescng patient may
tire or not be able to empty a larger can
before the unsealed .iuice should spoil.
Freed of seeds, fruit juices are invalu
able in correcting deranged bowels. They
relieve constipation and check diarlhGa.
This seems contradiction, but personal
observation justifies the statement.
was not afraid to give my 9-month-old
baby bread softened with these juices,
when found milk nauseated her, the child
having inherited strong antipathy against
it, and, though my other children have
been ''bread and milk babies" she has al
ways been a bread and fruit juice baby.
A pint can of red, ripe currant or rasp-
berry juice, tart, thick as cream with flavor
and sunshine, and fresh as when swelling
the ripe berry on the stem, is just the gift
to send an invalid or convalcscng friend
who is heartily tired of her molds of in
spid, sweetish jellics. Ciarissa Potter, IN
Good Housekeeping.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28

Some years ago great expectations We're
excited by the claims which were made
that the eucalyptus globulns would Danish
malaria from the land, il only planted in
abundance in malarious regions. Extensive
plantations were accordingly made, but, So
far as known, the result was a total fail
ure DIR. Brandes, of Hanover, now adj
vocates, with similar object in view, the
anacharis alsinastrum, water plant which
is exceedingly common in some sections Of
the country. lie bases his proposition
upon the fact that in the district where he
lives fevers of malarial type were very
prevalent until this water plant was intro
duced, and that they diminished from year
to year until four years ago, when they en-
tirely DISAPPEARED, and have not since re-
turned. As the anacharis is easily obtain
ed and grows spontaneously, requiring no
attention, the experiment can be easily tried
in marshy districts where malaria pre-
walls
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28

Mr.. A. II. Bancroft, in Lis "Indan
Races on the Pacific Coast; gives an ac-
count of the way in which ancient Aztecs
treated drunkenness, They were more
strict than christian nations of the present
day in tins respect.
The young man who became drunk was
conveyed to jail, and there beaten to death
with clubs; the young woman was stoned
to death. In some parts. if the drunkard
was plebian, he was sold for slave for
second; and at other times the offenders
hair was cut off in tile public market place,
he was then dashed through the streets, and
finally his house was raZed to the ground,
because, they said one who would give up
his reason to strong drink was unworthy
to possess a house and be numbered among
respectable citizens. Cutting off the hair,
as we shall see. was a mode of punish
ment frequently resorted to by these pet
pie, and SO deep was the degradation sup
posed TO be attached to it, that it was
dreaded almost equally with death itself.
Should military man, who bad gained
distinction in the war. become drunk. he
was deprived Of his rank and honors, and
considered henceforth as infamous. Con-
yiction of this crime rendered the cnlprit
ineligible for all future emoluments, and
especially was he debarred from holding
any public office. 4 noble was invariably
hanged for the first offense, his body being
afterward dragged without the limits of
the town and cast into stream used for
that purpose only.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28
A FATHERS DUTY.

The father of family is a man of mark,
whose bad habits If be has any, are mnch
more likely to be copied by his sons than
his good ones; and it is pitiful TO see men
in this sacred relation leading their boys
astray by drinking, smoking, profanity, or
abusive language. Remember, Q father
of immortal children, the immense respon-
sibility of thy position. The same appeal
may be made with special propriety to
mothers. And just here where the much
spoken of law of heredity comes in. Good
parents. whose conduct is worthy of imita-
ton, viii train good children, and they IN
turn good children, in probably much
greater numbers, and so on, each genera
tion extending its usefulness, whilst the
influence Of evil example in bad parents
will, in like manner, be likely to extend
more and more in their posterity. May
our young readers strive to be men and wo-
men of mark. and to that end copy and inn
prove upon the good traits of the men and
women of mark that You know or read
about Above all, let the Lord Jesus be
your shining mark to copy His diligence,
His patience His beneyolence, His self
denial, and His devetedness.- York
UifHess
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28
IT DREW ALI THE SAME.

sit can't
sit must
well, I've been in this business twenty
years, and | know
Cant help that, want it as told you :
hardware man was setting mp coal
stove ON Michigan avenue. lie had figured
for twelve feet of pipe going straight up,
and for forty more to run to the back end
of the store, then turn and twelve feet
additional would take it into a chimney.
81 want hole cut in the floor and the
pipe to drop down and run into basement
flue. = said the merchant.
s'But it won't draw.
''Iou go ahead
well, don't blame me.
The hole was cut, the pipe put down
and run to flue, taking only five or six
feet, and the result was astonishing. There
is a better draught and more heat to that
coal stove than can be duplicated in the
city. In fact hampers must be put in the
pipe to lessen the draught.- Detroit Free
Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28

seem conscious that there is such a thing
as physical morality. Mems habitual
words and acts imply the idea that they
are at liberty to treat their bodies as they
please. Disorders entailed by disObedience
to natures dictates, they regard simply as
grievances, not as the faults of conduct
more or less fiagitious. Though the evil
consequences inflicted on their dependents,
and on future generations, are often as
great as those caused by crime; yet they
do not think themselves in any degree
criminal. 1t is true that, in the case of
drunkenness. the viciousness of bodily
transgresson is recognized, but none ap-
pear to infer that, if this bodily transgres-
sion is vicious, so, too, is every bodily
transgression. The fact is that all
breaches of the laws Of health are phys
ical sins
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28
VOL. ".
THE TOO FRESH TOROGGANER.
[IIe ealIeth for his Lady Love

lille calleth for his Lady Lowell
The lanterns are shining, my love- my dove.
Away TO the slide lets be jogging;
For II ride am pining, my love, my dove,
And I've brought ont my little toboggan:
SO put on your blanket coat quick as may be,
And come to the slide and toboggan with me,
Come. ride ON my little toboggan.
The North wind is blowing, my love, my dove,
1t is splendid tobogganing weather:
SO let us be going, my love, my dove,
And slide and toboggan together.
oh, hasten, my peerless one, Off let us jog,
And dash down the slide on my little tohog.
Dash down on my little toboggan.
[They sally forth and reach the Slide.l
At last OF were whizzing, my love, my dove,
And down the steep slide we are dashing:
Hear the air passing us fixing, my dove, my
love,
As on we go sashng and crashing.
We're nearing the bottom: aha! We are there
But where's my toboggan, and where are YOU
dear?
Where's my love and my little toboggan?
around.1
W hat can have occurred. my love, my dove,
With something ] must have collided:
| must have been Hurried, my dove, my love
And must have unskillfully guided
Ny vehicle made from the bark of Il log,
My little toboggan, my little tobog-
But where The deuce is my toboggan?
All. now cspy you, my love, my dove,
But who in The mischief's that Teller
W no walks so close by Won my dove my love:
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28

For weary, despairing years they have
ated to see the reform that should pro-
tect them from further harm. The politi-
ella have played them false; the officers of
tn Jaw are unfaithful; the government rev.
enue thriyes ON the thriftiness oftheir curse;
multitudes of the clergy are not only apa-
thetic in their pulpits, but self-indulgent in
their social aabits; newspapers do not help,
but rather hinder them; the liquor interests
armed with the money that should have
brought them prosperity, organizes against
them; and losing all faith in men, what
can they do ? There is but one direction
in which they can look, and that is upward.
We bow to this movement with
reverence. We say to the glorious women
engaged in this marvellous crusade, MAY
God help and prosper you, and give you
the desire of your hearts in the frnt of
your efforts. DR. J. q. Holland.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28
PATENT MEDICINES

Heb19bose to KEEP a stick of
aHMe sa17ons Ppb17eta1y Weai-
zines hlat there IS any demaua
fer, and 7c4H t1om time to time,
aaa 10 en-, stock all sueh that may
be cnqn11ea fer. Ne annex a
Prize list and ran f1nu1M any
broru3ublc articles IN this line
at a6ouf tie same acreage Of Price
as bclo79
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28

We are under obligations TO Mr.. Ign,
Fischer. music publisher, Toledo. o., Far
the Knights Of Labor Grand March, By ].
YIN. One Of the most pleasing and captiy-
ating marches that has come 10 our notice
for some time past. 1t is Of medium iiifi-
Guilty and as well adapted for organ as for
piano and can be highly recommended to
young and hopeful musicians Mailed By
duet soc.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28

Two new leaflets of The Ptilanflropist
Series have been published, No. 10, "The
Sacredness Of FatherhooG, by Rev. A.
Fl. Lewis D. D.. and No. II, Glow To
Organise the White Cross--Its Objects and
Methods, by Rev. B. F. DeCosta d. y.
They are valuable additions to social purity
literature and are worthy of the widest
possible circulation. They win be mailed,
post paid, No 10. four pages, at ten cents
dozen; fifty cents a hundred; No. II. eight
pages twenty cents dozen: one dollar Il
hundred Address, The Faizanhsropisf, +.
@. Box 2:554, New York.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28

The Psilaathropist, published monthly
for the promotion of social purity, the
better protection of the young, the repres-
sion of vice and the prevention of its re-
gulation by the State, entered upon its
second year, January, 1887. 1t is edited by
Aaron NJ. Powell and Mrs. Anna Rice Po-
we'll; among its contributors are Emily
Blackwell, M. D., Rev. u. +. De Costa.
ID. D., Rev. A. II. Lewis, ID. d., Mrs.
Elizabeth Powell Bond, and others. II
fills an important place in journalism. Its
subscription price Is Fifty cents year.
Address, The FHl2pnthropist. T.. o. Box
1854 New York
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28
GOOD HEALTH.

Perhaps, says Mr.. Herbert Spencer,
nothing Will so much hasten the time when
body and mind will both be adequately
cared for, as diffusion Of the belief that
the preservation of health is 4 duty, Few
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28

That we can, in connection with the MONITOR
secure you a subscription to any paper or
magazine published, ut a much lower price
than The regular rate, and you will do well to
lei MS know if you are contemplating sub
scriplion to any publication.
THE MONITOR, WOodstown, \. j.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28

All kinds of crockery and Qneensware.
We are selling lots Of goods OF this kind
now that we've room to show them Ia our
old stand at the corner. e. b. Hum
phreys y Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-28

We're headquarters for quilting mate
rials--just opened $500 yards of best stand
ard calico at 5 cts per yard. Quilting Get
ton, weighed on the scales " hen sold.at 10,
IA and l5ets per lb.-E. b. Humphreys Il
Co.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-07-14

The beginning of disease is slight debility
or disorder Of some of the vital organs, the
stomach, the liver or the bowels usually.
There are dyspeptic symptoms, the liver is
troublesome, the skin grows tawney and un-
healthy looking. there are pains in the right
side or through the right shoulder blade. The
climax Is often an utter prostration of tho
ply steal energies, perhaps fatal issue. But
If the difficulty 10 met In time with Hostetter's
s. omach Bitters, which is always effective as
q remedy, and it should be resorted to at an
early stage, there will be no reason to ap-
pr-hend those injurious subsequent effects
upon the system often entailed by entirely
cured diseases. Far better is it, also, to EN-:
ploy this safe remedial agent in fever and
ag,e and other malarial complaints, than
quinine and other potent drugs, which, even
when they do prove efectual for u time, ruin
the stomach and impair the general health.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-07-14
Mount Hood Illuminated.
THE EXPERIMENT OF PAINTING THE
SUMMIT RED A COMPLETE SUCCESS.

THE EXPERIMENT OF PAINTING THE
SUMMIT RED A COMPLETE SUCCESS.
The celebration closed with the illumi-
nation of Mount Hood, the grandest and
most unique event Of the day. Precisely
at 1l:30. the time appointed, Just as the
fireworks display was over bright r d
light -shone out away up in the clou 8
above the eastern horizon, which. was
greeted with cheers from the Thousands,
congresatcd on the bridge, wharves,
roofs, boats on the river and on the hills
back of town, and with vigorous aud
long continued whistling from every
steamboat on the river.
The mountain Lad been plainly visi-
bic all day, but towards evening curtain
of mist and smoke shut off the view at
the base, and as twilight fell the curtain
rose higher till at last only the very peak
could be seen, and as night came on
even that disappeared from view. Many
gave up all hope Of seeing any sign from
the mountain, especially as no signals
were received yesterday from the party.
But many thought that the distractions
to view Of the summit were very slight,
and If the partv had reached the peak
the light from 100 pounds Of red fire
would be able to pierce through them,
and so it proved. 1t lasted exactly
fifty eight seconds. The distance from
Portland to Mt. Hood in straight line
is 6yty-ons miles, and the altitude is
l2,72O feet. This was the most novel
and the highest illumination ever made,
and was seen the farthest and formed
fitting close to the celebration Of 1887
Oregonidn.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-07-14

One day last week gang of eight
tramps took possession of the boarding
camp at Mullan. They destroyed the
dishes beat the cook and seized assistan,
general manager j. NJ. Buckley aud in
sisted on his drinking with them, going
to the length Of trying to pour it down
his throat Buckley fought clear and
finally the sheriff arrived on a special
from Deer Lodge and arrested four of
the toughs.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-07-14
Tho Grain In California,

SAN Francisco, July 6.-The San
Francisco produce exchange has prepared
estimates showing the amount of wheat
remaining in California Jaly LIST is
2,79O,OOO centals against l,253,00
centals one year ago. OF wheat on hand
1907 0S centals is in San Francisco
and l 100000 centals in Contra Costa
and Alameda counties. The stock of
-four July l is $4,000 barrel, against
100000 one year ago. The stock of
barley 79S.O00 centals against 1880
centals one year ago.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-07-14
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Kickers not Wanted,

The following has gone the rounds Of
the newspapers and we give it as apply
ing to our town as well as many others
St. Peter sits by the heavenly gates,
his hands on the string Of a Tyre, and he
sings low song as he patiently waits for
the the souls of those who expire. He
hears in the distance chorus of song
that swells from the foot Of the throne
and he smiles as the music is waited
along and MARBLES a lay of his own.
There is room in this region for millions
Of souls, who by sorrow and woe are
bereft; It's for those who have suffered
the melody rolls, but the kickers must
turn to the left. There is room for
people, who when young, persisted in
sowing wild oats, but who doomed up
their little city with the sinew and
lounge, but the kickers must 90 on with
the goats. There is room for the people
who pointed with pride to the beauty
and growth of their town, who kept
singing its praises until they had died,
but the kickers will please amble down,
They'd say that the music was all out Of
tune, and the angelic robes hand me-
downs, and they'd send for jewcler off
to the moon to sample the gold in the
crowns. So while there is room for a
million Of souls, who by sorrow and woe
were bereft, We want no complaint of the
music that rolls, so the kickers must
tura to the left.